He said at the same time as he registered his electoral petition his pension was stopped.

Mr Cecil said it is no longer an uncommon event to be blacklisted if you oppose the government.

This is an outright abuse of power, and almost certainly illegal. Sadly, it has become common on Nauru. There have been other incidents of pensions being cut, or people sacked, for opposing the government. But I guess that's what happens when you provide politicians with vast amounts of rortable Australian gulag money: they'll do anything to keep it.